Prescriptions for Strengthening Body Resistance and Relieving Exterior Syndrome
Xu Ming Tang (续命汤): Classic TCM Formula
Name
The Prescription of 续命汤
Source
The book Jin Gui Yao Lue
Ingredients
Ma HuangGui ZhiDang GuiRen ShenShi GaoGan JiangGan CaoChuan XiongXing Ren.Explanation
Ma Huang and Gui Zhi: Dispersing wind-cold.
Dang Gui and Chuan Xiong: Tonifying blood and dredging collaterals.
Shi Gao: Being pungent and sweet in flavor and very cold in nature, facilitating the flow of the lung-Qi to clear away the lung-heat and preventing the other drugs warm in nature from producing heat.
Xing Ren: Discending the lung-Qi, assisting Shi Gao in removing heat from the lung to relieve asthma.
Ren Shen, Gan Jiang and Gan Cao: Replenishing qi, warm the spleen and stomach.
The Effect of 续命汤
Effect
Expel wind, dredge collaterals, calm the adverse-rising energy, tonify blood, clear heat and nourish body fluid.
Indications
Hemiplegia, aphasia after apoplexy.
Administrations
Decoct in water for oral dose to be taken twice.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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